The names of particular persons, places, and things are proper nouns. Capitalize the first word and each important word of a proper noun.
Capitalize the first word and important words in a title. Capitalize days of the week and months of the year. Capitalize the first letter of an abbreviated proper noun. Abbreviations often occur in addresses, titles and inititals in names, and names of days and months. Most abbreviations end with a period. In addresses, state names are abbreviated using two capital letters and no period.
All other nouns are common nouns. They are not capitalized.
A simplesentence expresses a complete thought. It has a subject and a predicate.
A compound sentence contains two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction. A compound sentence always joins clauses with a comma, and a conjunction such as and, but or or.
A related group of words with a subject and a predicate is called a clause.
A clause that makes sense by itself is an independent clause. A clause that does not make sense by itself is a dependent clause.
A complex sentence contains an independent clause, which can stand alone, and a dependent clause, which cannot stand alone. The two clauses are joined by a connecting word called a conjunction. Examples of conjunctions are if, when, because, until, before, after and since.
Grammar
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The names of particular persons, places, and things are proper nouns. Capitalize the first word and each important word of a proper noun.
Capitalize the first word and important words in a title. Capitalize days of the week and months of the year. Capitalize the first letter of an abbreviated proper noun. Abbreviations often occur in addresses, titles and inititals in names, and names of days and months. Most abbreviations end with a period. In addresses, state names are abbreviated using two capital letters and no period.
All other nouns are common nouns. They are not capitalized.
A simple sentence expresses a complete thought. It has a subject and a predicate.
A compound sentence contains two simple sentences joined by a comma and a conjunction. A compound sentence always joins clauses with a comma, and a conjunction such as and, but or or.
A related group of words with a subject and a predicate is called a clause.
A clause that makes sense by itself is an independent clause. A clause that does not make sense by itself is a dependent clause.
A complex sentence contains an independent clause, which can stand alone, and a dependent clause, which cannot stand alone. The two clauses are joined by a connecting word called a conjunction. Examples of conjunctions are if, when, because, until, before, after and since.